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ANIMAL POKE.

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ANIMAL POKE.

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ANIMAL-POKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 13, 1906.

Application iiled January 4, 1906. Serial No. 294,619.

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Be it known that I, PETER O. HOLMGEEN, a Swedish subject, residing atHoffman, in the county of Grant, State of Minnesota, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Animal-Pokes; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to animal yokes or pokes for cattle and livestock generally.

It is the object of the invention to provide a poke for live stock,particularly cattle, that have become or are liable to become breechyand break through wire and other fencing.

lThe invention is designed to prevent the animals wearing the poke fromcommitting the mischief named.

It is well known by cattle-raisers and others that the animals soonbecome accustomed to barb-wire fencing, so that they will without suchhurt to themselves as to stop them work their way between the wires oncethey get their heads through between the wire and either break them downor push them aside, so as to get through, making the fencing of the kindmentioned useless. As for smooth or twisted wire it will not withstandthe onslaughts of breechy cattle at all My invention consists of a pokeor yoke made to go round the neck of cattle and to engage the wires, soas to cause the pricks or points with which the yoke is provided to prodor stic them to a degree or extent that will cause them to desist intrying to break down the fence.

The drawings hereto annexed form a part of this specication and are tobe referred to as such.

Of the said drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the poke in use.Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of an element of the structure. Fig.3 is a front elevation. Fig. 4 is a side elevation. Fig. 5 is a detailview.

The same letters of reference designate the same parts wherever theyoccur.

In the production of my invention I provide two ribs or bows, one foreach side of the neck, which ribs or bows are made from lengths of flatsteel or iron bars divided on each side, constituting pieces a a/ on oneside and b b on the other. These parts are bent to proper Jform, and onepart on each side overlaps the other, and the two parts are connected bymeans of a bolt c, engaged therethrough and having the usual nut, asillustrated. In this way the ends of the two parts of the ribs may beslipped upon each other to adjust the collar and make it to fit anyanimal to which it is likely to be applied.

f designates the prods, which are made of wire, adapted at their coiledends g to be connected with the spool or barrel h, and which extendupward about eight inches from the top of the yoke or collar, where theyare given an angular bend down again to a point in close proximity tothe neck of the animal. The Wires f have their free ends sharpened andformed into prods. The spring-arm of each prod f may rest in a groove i,formed across the end of the barrel h, and a bolt j (see Figs. 1, 3, and4) is passed through the upper end of the ribs and through a hole in thespool and has a nut 7c turned on the end, whereby the upper ends Vof theribs, the spool, and associated parts are held together.

The upward projections of the prods are to serve yas hold-backs if theanimal wearing them should try to go through between the Wires, as istheir wont, and should they try it the projection will strike againstthe Wire of the fence, push them back, so as to bring the sharp prods onthe free ends down upon the animals neck, causing the said animal todesist, for the harder they press the more effective will the prods be,so that it will be impossible for the animals to break the fencewires.They will not only cease trying on one occasion, but they willeventually be broken of the breechy habit entirely.

A cattle-poke consisting of two bows {itting the sides of the neckandsecured together in a suitable manner at the bottom, a small barrelbetween the upper ends of the bows, angular prod-springs secured at oneend to the barrel, and a bolt and nut passing through the upper ends ofthe bows and the barrel for holding the parts together as explained, andthe free ends of the angular prod-springs being sharpened and extendingin close proximity to the animals neck.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PETER O. HOLMGREN.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM. SCHELLBACE, CARL A. FUGLIE.

